Dean F.
Yelp
We just finished dinner and thought we would go out for a glass of wine. We saw this place with a big "TASTE WINE" banner outside so we walked over to it to order a glass. When we got inside, we were greeted by a very friendly man who told us a bit about this place. He told us they do not sell wine to drink on premises. He said we were welcome to buy a bottle and drink it at the table outside. Ok, so it's a bottle shop, not a bar. So I didn't get the "TASTE WINE" banner. Anyway, since we were there, and I have a 600 bottle wine room in my basement, we decided to browse the wines. The shopping experience is very odd. Bottles are arranged by price point, not varietal, country of origin etc. I don't shop wine just by price so that merchandising method is probably not for me. It may work for others though. The other frustrating thing was the wines are all from small growers/boutique type wines so if you are not familiar with any of them, there is no way to shop them. There are no descriptions of their characteristics (Body, Texture, Sweetness, Acidity) so buying a bottle is a bit like playing roulette unless you want to sit there and google the wine you are looking at. They did have some sort of sliding scale under the displays (F-T or something like that). When I asked what that was the gentleman told me it was how the wine was made -- Traditional (as in stomping the grapes manually, oak barrels etc) or Machine (stainless steel fermenting etc). That's about as informative as it gets. Nice place inside, has potential, but not for me. Millennials will probably enjoy it though. Question is, will they buy enough $10 bottles to keep the lights on?